CareerJob Interview
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about 13 hours ago
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"What's the most ridiculous bluff you pulled in a job interview, and it somehow completely worked?"
What Actually Happened
I'll go first to get this started, i once listed "advanced proficiency in Kubernetes" on my resume for a role i really needed. i had watched maybe 4-5 youtube videos on it the night before,and the interviewer asked me to walk through my most complex deployment. i spent 45 seconds confidently describing the architecture of a tutorial project like it was production infrastructure i personally built and owned haha
i got the job i spent the next 2 weeks actually learning kubernetes. they never foun
What I wish I knew
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Advice to Someone Facing This Now
If I could tell you one thing
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Regret Score
5/10
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Complicated feelings about the outcome.
Career Category Average
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